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|   |   | Name: Itsiite RRUFF ID: R160010 Ideal Chemistry: Ba2Ca(BSi2O7)2 Locality: Gun claim, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Gunnar Färber Owner: RRUFF Description: White milky massive, associated with cerchiaraite-(Fe), diopside, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite, and witherite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Hyalotekite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R160010.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.9429(11)Å    b: 10.9429(11)Å    c: 10.2911(11)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1232.34(11)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Itsiite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 18. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3249-3258 [view file] | |
| Kampf A R, Peterson R C, Joy B R (2014) Itsiite, Ba2Ca(BSi2O7)2, a new mineral species from Yukon, Canada: Description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 401-407 [view file] | |
| Cámara F, Gagné O C, Belakovskiy D I, Uvarova Y (2015) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 100, 1319-1332 [view file] | |
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